Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools

Under GOP Plan, States Would Be Free To Take Money Away From Poorest Schools: pRepublicans are reintroducing a bill to allow states to redistribute federal education dollars currently targeted at the country’s poorest school districts. The A-PLUS Act, originally crafted by the arch-conservative Heritage Foundation, was first introduced in 2007, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) have revived it for 2013. The measure represents the [...]/p